SESUG 2024 Call for Featured Papers

1. Papers should be original to SESUG or, at a minimum, a substantial extension and/or revision of one previously presented. Papers presented previously at other user group events, SAS Global Forum, or SAS Explore are eligible for consideration.
2. Papers may have multiple authors; however, a single author should be designated as the presenter and recipient of the prizes if the paper is selected as a winner.
3. An individual is permitted to be the designated author on at most one Featured Paper Contest submission.
4. The author designated as presenter must be available to present the work on either Monday, September 22^nd or Tuesday, September 23^rd at SESUG 2024 in North Bethesda, MD. If the presenter is available for only one of these dates, notice must be given upon the paper being declared a winner.
5. Members of the SESUG Executive Council and their immediate family members are ineligible to participate.

1. Winners
   1. Free registration for SESUG 2024.
   2. Lunch with grant recipients on Tuesday, September 23^rd, 2024
   3. Recognition and gift at Opening Session, Sunday, September 22^nd, 2024
   4. Picture and short bio on SESUG website (for presenter and all co-authors)
2. Runners-Up
1. 25% off registration rate for SESUG 2024 registration
2. Lunch with grant recipients on Tuesday, September 23^rd, 2024
3. Recognition and gift at Opening Session, Sunday, September 22^nd, 2024
4. Picture and short bio on SESUG website (for presenter and all co-authors)

1. All papers (the full paper, not merely an abstract) must be submitted for consideration by May 24^th 2024.
2. From all papers submitted, up to ten finalists will be selected by a panel of reviewers.
3. Papers not selected as finalists will be routed forward for consideration as contributed papers.
4. The finalist papers will be given a detailed review to choose up to five winners with the remainder as runners-up.
5. If any of the finalist papers is withdrawn, or is subsequently rejected during the detailed review, the best paper from the initial pool not selected is moved forward as a finalist.
6. If the author of any paper selected as a winner has already received a free registration via some other means, the best of the runners-up will be selected to receive a free registration (no additional runners-up will be selected).